Teleflora on Twitter

[inferno63]

Teleflora is following me on Twitter. I have clicked on their little links for articles, websites, pics, etc only 3 times and all three times my McAfee Security has detected and removed a trojan. Why is that? If they are following you, be careful. I am blocking them from me.

 

[crazy daisy]

Thanks for the "heads up," I was following them (I think "thems" a "her" and I'm not so sure she is with Teleflora) but after I read your post, I deleted her from my follow list.

 

[NicoleAtTF]

I wonder why it's doing that? I'm using a different URL shortener now, so if anyone can let me know if they're still getting alerts, that'd be super helpful. Thanks!!

-Nicole.

 

[theRKF]

As you can see, "she" = Nicole, who is a very real person employed at TF (doing a great job of social media interaction, too!).

McAfee Security, and similar products, are very prone to false positives. It may even be alerting you to a redirect or cookie. Before you get too concerned or take drastic measures, can you give us more details about the alert?

Ryan

 

[inferno63]

McAfee alert says that "a trojan was detected and removed automatically by McAfee." I click on other urls on Twitter and no problem. This only has happened with Teleflora?

 

[BOSS]

I have seen no warnings on my end, and I think I've checked all the links, many of them anyway...

 

[fleurty]

I wonder why it's doing that? lol I'm using a different URL shortener now, so if anyone can let me know if they're still getting alerts, that'd be super helpful. Thanks!!

-Nicole.

So what URl shortener were you using - so I can avoid it in the future? Especially if it has tracking agents that can dig up my customer files?

 

[NicoleAtTF]

So what URl shortener were you using - so I can avoid it in the future? Especially if it has tracking agents that can dig up my customer files?

I was using Cli.gs but I don't think it's actually a Trojan. Like Ryan and BOSS both said, sometimes your PC's security is wound a bit tight; what it probably thought was a Trojan was the tool gathering data on your location. Cli.gs is a useful tool because it tracks the # of click-thrus as well as what country they're from, that way if you're using a tool like Twitter which is available internationally, you can track if most of the attention is coming from someplace you can actually serve.